serene wrote:
and a couple
> tablespoons of vegan chicken broth powder.

What is that? Why would a vegan want to eat chicken broth? An
alternative might be to boil up whatever vegetables you have lying
around, along with some herbs and spices, and using the resulting
stock.



> 7) If I were doing dairy today, I would take the risotto off the
> heat at the end and stir in a cup or so of parmesan cheese, but
> that's not necessary.

An alternative to parmesan (or in addition to it): a few drops of
truffle oil, transforms risotto into a luxury dish.


>
> What not to do: splash boiling mushroom broth on your bare midriff.
>

Or over-agerly taste your risotto for flavour and bite (texture) when
it is too hot, scalding away the roof of your mouth :-(

James